1,268 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oklahoma, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms developed along a weak surface boundary during the evening of the 9th, and moved across portions of northeastern Oklahoma. The strongest storms produced hail up to quarter size and damaging wind gusts.
Read the full account →A stationary front across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas resulted in multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the region from June 26th through June 30th.
Read the full account →A stationary front across northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas resulted in multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the region from June 26th through June 30th.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours of the 28th over portions of eastern Oklahoma, along and north of a warm front that had moved into the area during the day.
Read the full account →A strong storm system and associated cold front moved into the Southern Plains on the 10th. Unseasonably warm and moist air spread northward from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of this system, resulting in weak to moderate instability developing across eastern Oklahoma and northwest…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed into eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 15th. The strongest storms produced damaging wind and a tornado across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 2nd, as a strong upper level disturbance approached the area from the west.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours of the 28th over portions of eastern Oklahoma, along and north of a warm front that had moved into the area during the day.
Read the full account →Convection during the early morning hours of the 23rd, centered across the Texas Panhandle, organized into a small mesoscale convective system (MCS) as it entered into portions of western Oklahoma by the mid-morning time frame.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across east central Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 17th. A very moist air mass across the region and weak wind flow aloft resulted in slow-moving thunderstorms that produced very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A potent upper storm system moved across the Central and Southern Plains. At the surface, intense daytime heating allowed for scattered thunderstorm development along the Caprock of west Texas and Oklahoma during the afternoon.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the early evening of August 31st across northeastern Oklahoma, as a cold front approached from the northwest. These storms moved southeast across eastern Oklahoma, and produced damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the early evening of August 31st across northeastern Oklahoma, as a cold front approached from the northwest. These storms moved southeast across eastern Oklahoma, and produced damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the early evening of August 31st across northeastern Oklahoma, as a cold front approached from the northwest. These storms moved southeast across eastern Oklahoma, and produced damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 17th. The air mass across the region was very moist and moderately unstable, allowing the strongest thunderstorms to produce damaging wind gusts.
Read the full account →Summary of events of June 9, 1997:Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across the southern half of Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 9th.
Read the full account →A potent Spring storm system took shape across the Southern and Central Plains. Strong surface cyclogenesis took shape during the day, allowing ample moisture to return northward with strong southerly flow.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary extended across southeastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas on the 19th. Very moist and unstable air was in place along and south of the boundary.
Read the full account →A slow-moving, strong upper level storm system moved from the Central Rockies into the Central Plains on the 18th and 19th. A dry line sharpened ahead of this system across western Oklahoma by early afternoon on the 18th, as a frontal boundary over northern Oklahoma shifted…
Read the full account →Significant flash flooding and 6 tornadoes, mostly small, weak and short-lived, developed on the 22nd, across a 35 mile wide band from near Frederick in southwest Oklahoma northeastward to near Chandler in central Oklahoma. Rainfall amounts in this band averaged 4 to 8 inches.
Read the full account →An area of showers with embedded thunderstorms increased in coverage during the early morning hours of the 4th, developing within a very moist air mass south of a stalled frontal boundary that stretched from southeastern Kansas into northwestern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 6th. Unseasonably moist air across the region resulted in locally heavy rainfall with one to four inches of rain across the area, and as much as seven inches occurring…
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th along a frontal boundary that extended across northeastern Oklahoma.
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